You can estimate the religious-modesty of that blessed generation of Muslims from this story written by ‘Allāmaĥ Ibn Ĥishām رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه in As-Sīrat-un-Nabawiyyaĥ: In the Holy Prophet’s time, a Muslim woman, with a veil over her face, went to a market of the Banī Qaynuqā’ tribe in order to sell some items. After selling her item, she sat down in a Jewish jeweller’s shop. Whilst speaking to her, the Jew attempted strongly to convince her to remove her face-veil but she refused, then he behaved inappropriately with her and laughed aloud. The woman cried for help. A Muslim man attacked the Jewish jeweller and killed him. Other Jews in the market congregated and martyred the Muslim.
Consequently, there was a fierce battle between the Muslims and the Jews, which is referred to in history as the battle of Banū Qaynuqā’. (As-Sīrat-un-Nabawiyyaĥ li Ibn Ĥishām, vol. 3, pp. 44)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Question: Can Islamic sisters buy things in shopping centres?
Answer: The environment in shopping centres these days is mostly full of shamelessness and sins. Women are very sensitive, therefore, it is safer for them to stay away from shopping centres. My master A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: A woman blows hot and cold and causes mischief. She is like a box of gunpowder; the slightest contact with fire will make her explode. Her intellect is deficient, her origin is crooked, and she has a hundred times more lust than a man.
(Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 22, pp. 212)